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Nestlé, CEA promote effective waste management among children
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Junior Category Winners
Nestlé Lanka as part of their programme to promote responsible waste management amongst school children concluded a Schools Art Competition 2025 in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Central Environmental Authority. Nestlé Lanka’s Schools Art Competition, under the theme of ‘A greener environment through the eyes of children’successfully concluded recently.
The competition was organised in celebration of World Environment Day.
It was conducted as part of the School Waste Management Programme, an initiative which helps create awareness on responsible waste disposal. The programme reached approximately 400,000 students in over 800 schools around the country this year.
An event was held on June 25 at President’s College, Kotte, to recognise and award the winners. Deputy Minister of Environment Anton Jayakodi, CEA chairman Professor Tilak Hewawasam, Managing Director of Nestlé Lanka Bernie Stefan and officials representing the partnering entities and President’s College Principal Bhagya Rupasinghe were present.
Senior Category Winners
Deputy Minister Jayakodi said the competition encourages children to embrace responsible waste management from an early age.
Winners of the two categories are;
- Junior: First Place - D M. Adithya Induranga Senarath, Dutugemunu Maha Vidyalaya Pothuhera; Second Place - A G Jayamini Sankalpana Dissanayake, Ananda Balika Vidyalaya Polonnaruwa and Third Place - D G Saumya Harshi Kumari, Matale Siddhartha Maha Vidyalaya Nagolla.
- Senior: First Place - W M S Yehani Weerasinghe, Kegalle Balika Vidyalaya; Second Place - K Shashini Pabasara, Ananda Balika Vidyala Polonnaruwa and Third Place - K K Sathmi Tharumila Chandrasekara, Ferguson High School Rathnapura.
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